creating transformative technology to
power a better future for the planet.
In 2015, the company launched the
VMware 2020 goals to reduce carbon
emissions through energy efficiency efforts
and procurement of renewable energy and
carbon offsets, and to bridge the digital
divide for businesses and non-profits.
Ray O’Farrell, Executive Vice President
and Chief Technology Officer, VMware
The meter will also enable customers
to analyse their power consumption in
near-real time and to understand what
amount of carbon offset credits should
be purchased, or what times of day
workloads can be shifted to utilise more
sustainable energy sources.
With this information, customers can elect
to consume power from a more sustainable
source or shift workloads to more
sustainable power sources during off-hours.
The product represents another key
step toward VMware’s ambitious 2020
sustainability goals and commitment to
Beyond these ambitious goals for its own
business practices, VMware also aims to
incorporate sustainability features into
future product releases, including CAM,
to offer solutions that help customers
positively impact the environment and
society, as well as provide customers and
partners with data that enable informed
choices around cleaner technology.
“An increasing reliance on technologies
such as mobile and cloud computing has
led to significant energy generation from
data centres. To mitigate their impact
on the environment, companies need
to assess their contributions to climate
change and implement products and
services that automate and optimise this
process, thereby reducing energy outputs,”
said Ray O’Farrell, Executive Vice President
and Chief Technology Officer, VMware.
“At VMware, we are committed to
empowering our customers with the
resources and tools they need to ultimately
reduce environmental impact across our
vast customer and partner ecosystem.”
Additional capabilities and features of
CAM will include near-real time dynamic
computation of load based on CPU
types, load calculation of monitored
systems and carbon footprint calculation
based on consumption for the given
geographies of the data centres. The
product also aims to help customers
create best practices and set standards
for data Centre energy reduction and
green computing.
CAM will be available to VMware
Skyline customers later this year via the
VMware Skyline Advisor, an innovative,
proactive support service, developed in-
house at VMware.
The Skyline services bring high-performing
technology and tools to VMware
customers, providing proactive, predictive,
and prescriptive recommendations that
will ultimately help customers improve
overall stability and reliability of data
Centre operations across the VMware
portfolio of products and solutions.
Adding CAM now allows customers to
monitor their ‘carbon scores’ as they
proactively optimise their environment. ◊
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